From the 18th to the 20th of March you can fulfil your deepest fantasies and imagine yourself as the master or mistress of your dream Riviera home. Bet your heart is already pounding with anticipation. Yes, the Salon de l'Immobilier (or Real Estate Trade Show) is coming to town again. So we suggest completely ignoring
An En Viager, a long-term but less expensive way to buy property in France, is definitely not for the faint-hearted. As although all Terms and Conditions are agreed upfront the bottom line is the current owners have to die. Yes, you heard me, they must die before you can move in or sell on. But don't be put off by my
Happily the first hint of summer has arrived but sadly it means having to be even more vigilant regarding security. After all it's totally natural to get over-excited when you feel those first warm rays on your blue-white skin and to drive your convertible, roof down, with handbags and briefcases piled up on the
Just how many times has one passed one in the street? Sat beside one in a restaurant? Talked to one at a bus stop? Or brushed elbows with one in the vegetable aisle at the supermarket? It's a terrifying thought but not as scary as when one actually comes into your home. Yes, we're talking about rogue traders in the
Yes, we thought that would get your most undivided attention. We're actually referring to the practice of pairing cities across the globe as a way to foster human and cultural links amongst nations. Stereotypically most towns get twinned with unpronounceable Welsh villages with 6 ‘Ls' and super long signposts or at
You've just designed your perfect new home and you're picturing yourself relaxing contentedly with an expensive bottle of red...when you shudder in horror as you realise you have nowhere to store your cases of Chateau Lafitte. Disaster. But luckily one easily solved with the wine cellar experts at FG Design.
MIPIM is a fabulous excuse for an estimated 18,000 people from 81 countries to invade Cannes. And why? Because they can. It's strange how we don't hold many festivals or professional business events in unattractive French towns. Anyway, that's neither here nor there, because MIPIM is here on the 8th of March. And for 4
Prince Charming made quite sure the slipper fit before proposing to Cinderella. And you too should make sure it's a perfect fit before buying a luxury home on the Riviera. After all you would never buy a luxury car without test driving it. Or a designer wedding dress without multiple fittings. Yet bizarrely most people
It felt like a scene from Charlie's Angels, in reverse, as I swivelled with importance behind the imposing leather desk at FR2DAY HQ (Big Boss was out) and in walked the Celtic Golf trio of garden experts Killian, Kieran and David. Admittedly there wasn't a lot of glossy hair shaking, from the boys that is, but I soon
But I was not. I was luckily put on the Main Drains. Even though my little pink cottage was up in the hills and had no immediate road access, my mother somehow (and I'm not sure I particularly wish to know how...) persuaded someone to include my house when they were laying the pipes nearby. And it means I don't have to
